Greenwood Pediatrics, a 10-physician group practice in the Denver area, has selected Eclipsys PeakPractice, an integrated EMR and practice management (PM) solution.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and several state medical associations, including the Medical Society of New Jersey, joined with individual physicians in filing separate class-action lawsuits against Aetna Health and Cigna, claiming the payors "rigged data to dramatically under-reimburse physicians."

Boston Scientific, which employs approximately 4,500 people in Ireland, will close its Co Donegal facility in Letterkenny, Ireland, next year.

Arizona has the capability to expand colorectal cancer screening capacity--particularly in ruralareas--according to data presentedthis weekat the American Association for Cancer Research conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Carefree, Ariz.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule does not adequately protect the privacy of personal health information and hinders important health research discoveries, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM);which has also called on Congress to develop a new approach to protecting personal health information for research.

Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology has added critical access hospitals in Kentucky, Idaho and Pennsylvania to its client roster.

In the United States, more than one million cancer survivors are foregoing medical care due to associated costs, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on the Science of Health Care Disparities.

President Barack Obama Wednesday signed a $32.8 billion bill to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for the next five years.